Living on public assistance? Buy an exotic pet

NYPD uncovers stash of exotic animals

Seems welfare families living in a public housing project can afford to obtain and care for exotic pets, some of which were poisonous or extremely dangerous. Glad to know my tax dollars are going to help people raise a boa constrictor big enough to swallow the little fuck trophies.

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Why in the fuck does ANYONE need to own a large boa, python or any poisonous animal for that matter? WTF?

Hey now, my husband and I own a lot of reptiles, and we know a number of people who own large pythons and boas. They're great pets so long as you care for and handle them properly. In fact, some massive pythons, like the Burmese pythons, are known for being exceptionally docile. You just have to keep them well fed, and follow the "one handler per six feet of snake" rule.

EDIT: Also, that article is seriously scare-mongering. Six deadly snakes, including a boa constrictor and five pythons, also were uncovered, Oh, please. Boa constrictors are incredibly docile animals, and there are multiple varieties of pythons. Those pythons could have been anything from reticulated pythons (20 feet long, known for being unpredictable) to ball pythons (4 feet MAX, so docile they're often recommended as baby's first reptile). Deadly my ass. I thought from the headline that he must have been keeping venomous snakes, but nope. Just people getting freaked out by the scary, scary reptiles again.

"I've got yer large python RIGHT HERE!"

Just looked at the pictures. Can't be positive, but that third photo sure looks like a ball python to me. Most large dogs are more deadly than a ball python. (and I say that as an affirmed dog lover who's owned five rottweilers in her lifetime)

I've said it before, but I'll say it again: America, the country where the people who don't work live better than the ones who do. Only here could people who do nothing but sit on their asses all day long collect other people's hard-earned money and spend it on luxuries most people can never even dream of having. Nice cars, designer clothing, expensive handbags and shoes, the newest phone or i-Device, high-speed internet, 500+ channels on cable, a shiny new laptop, a 55-inch LCD television, Blu Ray Player, expensive jewelry, professional manicures and hairstyles, top-of-the-line cosmetics, pricey foods like lobster and the best cuts of meat, organic everything, trendy/hip/kewl pets, etc. No wonder everyone goes on welfare - you can live like royalty and not lift a finger to earn any of it.

I digress. Why the fuck do these people have a scorpion? Aren't they kinda sorta poisonous? And the alligators? The other ones are exotic, but don't some people have boas and pythons?. It's the fucking alligators and scorpion that get me because they are the ones that could kill someone. Also, WTF about the tiger in Harlem?! Tigers are endangered - how could someone living in the fucking ghetto get their hands on one? WHERE do these people even go about acquiring these animals? Seriously, where do you go to buy a fucking tiger and how do you get it into an apartment without anyone seeing it?

These people ought to consider moving out to the Midwest. From what I have read and heard, people can own extremely exotic animals, sometimes without any kind of permit.

My biggest concern is that these animals - deadly or not - could not possibly be taken care of properly in a little ghetto apartment when they were all being kept in little fish tanks. The smaller ones, like the spider and the gecko and scorpion would be fine, but alligators and the snakes? They'd need more room. I hope the animals can at least be taken somewhere alive and aren't all killed.

Ranty CF goodness (updated 3.23.2012)
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Cambion: Agreed on all counts. Alligators shouldn't be pets, and I don't think the animals were in a good situation. I just hate seeing people freak out because OMG THEY OWN A SNAKE!!!111!

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Snark Shark
"I've got yer large python RIGHT HERE!"

Bad bad shark!

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Cambion
I digress. Why the fuck do these people have a scorpion? Aren't they kinda sorta poisonous? And the alligators? The other ones are exotic, but don't some people have boas and pythons?. It's the fucking alligators and scorpion that get me because they are the ones that could kill someone. Also, WTF about the tiger in Harlem?! Tigers are endangered - how could someone living in the fucking ghetto get their hands on one? WHERE do these people even go about acquiring these animals? Seriously, where do you go to buy a fucking tiger and how do you get it into an apartment without anyone seeing it?

The scorpion is poisonous, but may not be that poisonous. The bigger badder looking species can barely rank with a honey bee for poison. It's the fast little shits in the desert that you gotta watch out for.

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craftyzits
It's the fast little shits in the desert that you gotta watch out for.

eat the wrong thing in the desert and you will GET the Fast Shits!

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cfbitchfromla
Why in the fuck does ANYONE need to own a large boa, python or any poisonous animal for that matter? WTF?

Post-natal abortion? In Florida several years ago there was a news story where a baby was killed by an albino python and the 911 call went: "Stupid snake got out of cage and the baby's not breathing!"

Yeah, he just got out of the cage.

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mr. neptune
Post-natal abortion? In Florida several years ago there was a news story where a baby was killed by an albino python and the 911 call went: "Stupid snake got out of cage and the baby's not breathing!"

Yeah, he just got out of the cage.

it's NOT the SNAKE who's STUPID. retards!!! trailer trash YOU CAN BET.

There are some animals that just should not be kept as pets, period.

Alligators definitely come to mind, I live in Florida and some of these ignorant rednecks down here try to keep them as pets because they are cool. Well, they are cool, no argument here. We are talking about a survivor of the Jurassic.

Every year, a bunch of retards get their alligators confiscated because they have tried to keep them as pets. I remember one year they arrested a guy who had a 7 foot alligator living in his backyard. In case you were wondering, he had toddlers, which would have made a light lunch for said alligator. I believe the wife also had a small yapping dog. He apparently raised the alligator from an egg. At the time, there were heavy fines for disturbing alligators so I think he did some time.

A wild animal is a wild animal. No matter how long you have owned it, it is a time bomb waiting to go off. We all know about the woman who got her face ripped off by that chimp. Chimps do not make good pets. They are clever, manipulative and extremely strong, and if you have ever watched any documentaries about chimps in the wild, you know that they will showno mercy to perceived weaknesses. They have been known to kill and eat other chimps.

Unfortunately, exotics like these can be obtained fairly easily if you have the money and know where to look. Google "exotic animals for sale".

Edited to add one more thing: I just re read the article and saw that they confiscated a bear. A bear! I am curious as to how big this bear was.

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chevygirl54
Edited to add one more thing: I just re read the article and saw that they confiscated a bear. A bear! I am curious as to how big this bear was.

Bears aren't hard to find. i've heard they're all over the place in San Francisco!

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canadiandragons
Hey now, my husband and I own a lot of reptiles, and we know a number of people who own large pythons and boas. They're great pets so long as you care for and handle them properly. In fact, some massive pythons, like the Burmese pythons, are known for being exceptionally docile. You just have to keep them well fed, and follow the "one handler per six feet of snake" rule.

EDIT: Also, that article is seriously scare-mongering. Six deadly snakes, including a boa constrictor and five pythons, also were uncovered, Oh, please. Boa constrictors are incredibly docile animals, and there are multiple varieties of pythons. Those pythons could have been anything from reticulated pythons (20 feet long, known for being unpredictable) to ball pythons (4 feet MAX, so docile they're often recommended as baby's first reptile). Deadly my ass. I thought from the headline that he must have been keeping venomous snakes, but nope. Just people getting freaked out by the scary, scary reptiles again.

That's the problem! They do NOT care for them properly, don't feed them properly, don't handle them or contain them properly, and don't take appropriate safety measures where kids are concerned. I have cats and would NEVER leave a young kid alone with them because while they are GREAT pets and not aggressive to me, they have teeth and claws and WILL bite and scratch if provoked. At least two of my cats are capable of smothering a small child in his sleep TOO because they are extremely jealous and spoiled. It's the same thing with dogs which is why so many kids are attacked and killed by the famblee pet.

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This is exactly why we have alligators in big city sewers and pythons in the Everglades.

Cute, exotic pet becomes bigger and boring, so he is disposed of in the wrong place.

Kinda sounds like the way some people get rid of their kids once they stop being babies, doesn't it?

Agreed, Kim...I didn't mean to imply that these animals were in a good situation, or that they were being cared for properly...it's just that, as a reptile owner, I hear so much shit about how herps should be banned as pets, that they're too dangerous, that they'll turn on you, etc. etc. etc....and it's all such bullshit. They're a hell of a commitment, and not one that should be taken lightly, but if they're treated properly they're no more dangerous than a cat or dog.

canadiandragons- I'm in total agreement with you about how ridiculous uneducated people are about reptiles.
I am a snake owner myself (insert joke here) and they are beautiful, docile creatures.

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nathanomir
This is exactly why we have alligators in big city sewers and pythons in the Everglades.

Cute, exotic pet becomes bigger and boring, so he is disposed of in the wrong place.

Kinda sounds like the way some people get rid of their kids once they stop being babies, doesn't it?

We do not have alligators in big city sewers. That is an urban legend. They would never be able to survive and this has been proven several times over the past ten years. We do see boa constrictors, large lizards, and exotic birds in places where they aren't native.

In Hollywood CA there is a large pack of chickens living under an overpass of the 101 highway. Nobody knows how they got there but they've managed to adapt. I know how they got there. The welfare idiots who discovered they aren't pets.

Maybe the welfare idiots could learn how to eat the chickens that they abandoned,
then they wouldn't have to live on the backs of hard workers like us.
But that would require effort and maybe some brains....

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drake
Maybe the welfare idiots could learn how to eat the chickens that they abandoned,
then they wouldn't have to live on the backs of hard workers like us.
But that would require effort and maybe some brains....

They probably didn't realize that chickens don't come pre-fried in a red and white bucket. I've actually saw a facebook post that said "Don't hunt, buy your meat at the grocery store where no animals are harmed".

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I walk the path of life to my own rhythm, my own beat-if you don't like it, step off and find your own damn song!

"They probably didn't realize that chickens don't come pre-fried in a red and white bucket."



"...buy your meat in a grocery store."

Yeah, with a welfare card supplied by people who actually WORK for a living.

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cfbitchfromla
Why in the fuck does ANYONE need to own a large boa, python or any poisonous animal for that matter? WTF?

Because it's bad ass.

Yep! If you can afford exotic pets YOU DON'T NEED PUBLIC ASSISTANCE!
But do you think anybody at their local branch of the Welfare office is going to come to that conclusion?
Wouldn't bet on it!!

jbs

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KABA
"Don't hunt, buy your meat at the grocery store where no animals are harmed".

Did I read that right???